levslolConfusable pair

Quick tell: le is a article, lol is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“le” is an article and “lol” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,016
“le” frequency rank
#15,382
“lol” frequency rank
17398
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature le lol
Definition partícula gramatical usada antes de substantivos ou palavras substantivadas; por geral indica uma coisa em particular expressa risada a alguma coisa engraçada, risível, alternativamente a algo com um tanto de ironia

Letter map: le vs lol

Shared letters muted; letters that set le and lol apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
le
3 ch
lol

Role in the sentence - le and lol

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: le is anarticle and lolanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

le is recorded at frequency rank #2,016, classified as anarticle. lol is at rank #15,382, tagged as anintj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 17398, this pair ranks #53,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of le vs lol

Shared letters: l. Private to "le": e. Private to "lol": o.

"le" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "lol" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "le" and "lol" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "le" is an article and "lol" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "le" vs "lol" - which ranks higher?
"le" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,016 in our Portuguese list, against #15,382 for "lol". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "le" and "lol". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "le" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lol" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "le" and "lol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs lol". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #53,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list